A second successive top-board victory with the dark pieces brightened Karthik Venkataraman’s prospects of winning the National chess title here on Tuesday. A day after upstaging Abhijeet Gupta in an unusual finish, Karthik benefited from a dubious rook-for-knight trade-off by country’s latest Grandmaster Koustav Chatterjee on Monday and won in 35 moves. On a day when the top-four boards saw …
The Election Commission has issued a showcause notice to BJP leader Sayantan Basu for his comment in connection to the Sitalkuchi incident. Sources claimed the EC received a complaint, which alleged that BJP leader Sayantan Basu delivered an “inflammatory statement”--- which is an open threat to Bengal and its people --- while addressing a public rally in Baranagar. After verifying …
A woman in her late 80s, sitting on a stool, used her off-white pallu to rub sweat from her forehead. This scene is hardly out of the ordinary for ex-IPS officer Humayun Kabir, a Bengal top cop turned politician and now the TMC candidate from the Debra constituency of West Medinipur. Image courtesy Sayantan Ghosh “The ground reality is that …
Myntra, the e-commerce brand, announced its decision to tweak its logo after a formal complaint claimed that it was offensive and resembled a naked woman. READ: Myntra to Change ‘Offensive’ Logo Following Complaint from Women’s Rights Activist Rashmi Karandikar, DCP, Cyber Crime Department of Mumbai police, told Jagran English that the logo was found to be offensive in nature. pic.twitter.com/lJa43o9gsu— …